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Kazakhstan Delays Oil Shipments To Germany To March

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Kazakhstan will supply 100,000 tonnes of oil via Russia's Druzhba pipeline to Germany in March for the PCK Schwedt refinery, which was previously scheduled for the first half of February, sources familiar with the matter said.

  • Flows will begin after commercial and legal terms have been agreed with all parties, sources added.
  • Kazakhstan's Kazmunaigaz will supply the volume via the pipeline system of Russia's Transneft to the refinery, the sources said.
  • Germany stopped Russian oil imports via Druzhba from January and has been working hard to try to secure supply for Schwedt from alternative routes.
  • German refineries in Schwedt and Leuna are supplied with non-Russian oil via Poland's Gdansk and Germany's Rostock. These seaborne supplies are not enough to provide full runs at both German oil plants linked to the Druzhba pipeline.
  • The PCK Schwedt refinery has been running at around 60% of capacity in January, a refinery spokesperson said.

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